Tidewater Review

West Point Police charged a Newport News man with shoplifting Feb. 8 from a West Point business. Police said Brendyn Patrick Storrin, 27, shoplifted merchandise from Horn’s Ace Hardware. Police reviewed security footage and believe Storrin took several items from the store. Investigators arrested...

Community News

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Yorktown Arts Foundation's On The Hill Gallery will present a special Art Jewelry Trunk Show on Feb. 3-4 and Feb. 10-11. Five On The Hill artists were invited to this limited-time show. They are: Shelley Davis of Graceful Gems. Contemporary beaded earrings, necklaces...

For Immediate Release Contact: Jan MarryHeritage Public Library804-966-2480jmarry@heritagepubliclibrary.org Heritage Public Library Connects with Community Heritage Public Library is going places. The library is holding open Town Hall meetings to give the community an opportunity to hear an overview...

The Annual Black History Observance for the SRBA (Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association and its Allied Ministries) will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 (9:00am) at the Second Mount Olive Baptist Church in Little Plymouth, VA 23091 (King & Queen County - at 3156 Devils Three Jump Road...

Sports

Clark Harrell’s six-year association with Bay Rivers District football has ended. Harrell, who coached three seasons (2012-14) at Smithfield High, will resign on Tuesday as New Kent’s head coach after three seasons to become the new head coach at Riverbend High in Spotsylvania County. Harrell,...

New Kent’s All Star competitive cheerleading program, the Virginia Gems, continued their sixth season with national titles and an exclusive invite to The D2 Summit in Orlando, Florida on May 11-13. The Virginia Gems come from all over the Tidewater area, including New Kent, King William, Gloucester...

The King and Queen Tigers clawed back from a 10-point deficit late Friday evening against King William to snatch a three-point victory from the Cavaliers, winning 60-57. “You have to give them all the credit. They out-hustled us and hit their shots, while we couldn’t score in the last 12 possessions...

The King William boys’ basketball team’s shooting went ice cold at the worst time Thursday evening. The Cavaliers had a four-point lead with 1:57 left in their game against Maggie Walker, but were unable to score another point. That lead turned into a 48-44 loss for the home team. “It just wasn’t...

Life

Christmas on the Town returns Sunday with a parade, house tours and more to help residents kick off holiday festivities in downtown West Point. A parade featuring the town fire department, antique cars and Santa Claus will travel from First Street to 10th Street at 1 p.m. Sunday, said Kristie Walker...

Author Mary Montague Sikes married her art and writing skills to create “An Artful Animal Alphabet,” a new children’s book featuring an old Richmond legend. Published last spring, the book takes readers through a series of 26 short tales and paintings of animals that represent each letter of the...

The glamour, glitz and jazz feel that surrounds ‘Chicago’ is coming to New Kent this week in a school production. New Kent High School is pairing with Astor College to co-host the Broadway-style musical Oct. 26-28. New Kent schools first formed a partnership with the England-based college in 2005,...

Three Newport News attractions experienced increased visitation in 2016 and over this past summer. The Mariners’ Museum saw success with its $1 summer admission bringing in visitors across the bridge from South Hampton Roads, President and CEO Howard H. Hoege III said. South Hampton Roads visitors...

Opinion

President Trump didn’t win many friends Thursday during an Oval Office meeting on immigration, where he disparaged the countries thousands of African migrants flee from every year. His comments were crass and uncalled for, regardless of his policies on protecting our borders and removing illegal...

I am writing in hopes of reaching out to my local community. I hope that on Nov. 7 you take the time to vote in your local election. Even more, I hope that you vote for Shelia Crowley for the House of Delegates 98th District. As her website states, she is not a politician, but her resume fighting...

Because I could not personally attend the latest meeting of (King William’s) Board of Supervisors, I am certainly not alone in reading with great interest Tidewater Review reporter Jack Jacobs’ informative front pager in the Oct. 25 edition, headlined "Residents voice support for paid firefighters."...

Being a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly means more than just passing legislation, and that is exactly what Keith Hodges does. I have known Keith since he and our son were in nursery school together. I followed his progress through school even to teaching him in a high school class. I...

National News

On a day when Parkland began burying its young dead, a dozen people stood on a street corner holding up "More Gun Control" signs as passing drivers honked and shouted in support. "Look what we started," said Carlos Rodriguez, 50, who was on his way to work when he stopped to join the protest on...

Nikolas Cruz was immature, quirky and depressed when James and Kimberly Snead took him into their Parkland home. But he was pleasant and seemed to be growing happier, they said. How the 19-year-old turned into a killer still baffles them. “We had this monster living under our roof and we didn’t...

Not long after Marat Mindiyarov started working at the Internet Research Agency, the Russian troll factory indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday, he began hearing about the coveted "Facebook Department." There, workers could earn more money and work alongside a younger, hipper crowd....

As much of the country was gripped Wednesday by horrific images from the mass shooting at a Florida high school, two dozen senior Trump administration officials worked frantically into the night to thwart what they considered a different national security threat. The looming danger on the minds...